manuṣyan kŏdikkunnu... daivaṁ vidhikkunnu..(2)
manassinṟĕ māṇikya śilppaṅṅaḽ tagarunnu
madhurikkuṁ svapnaṅṅaḽ miḻinīril aliyunnu
manuṣyan kŏdikkunnu... daivaṁ vidhikkunnu...
ŏru pūvu kiṭṭumboḽ ŏru pūvanaṁ veṇaṁ
ŏru vani kiṭṭumboḽ ŏru vasandaṁ veṇaṁ
abhilāṣabuṣpaṅṅaḽ āyiraṁ viḍarunnu (2)
avasānaṁ maraṇattin kŏḍuṅgāṭril kŏḻiyunnu
manuṣyan kŏdikkunnu... daivaṁ vidhikkunnu...
kaṇṇunīrŏppuvān svarṇṇattināgumo? (2)
kāñjanaṁ ātmāvin vedana māṭrumo?
nin niṇaṁ verppākki neḍātta nidhiyĕllāṁ
nin jīva vediyil śāśvadamāgumo? (manuṣyan kŏdikkunnu...)